a tale as old as time...

as i watch my favorite disney movie (potentially my favorite movie) of all time, beauty and the beast, after potentially not seeing it in years, i am left with many thoughts and questions...

• lumiere is a candelabra. his girlfriend is a featherduster. something in me says that is going to end poorly.
• how did i miss the fact that the beast is a textbook example of an abusive husband?
• will i ever watch the scene when they dance in the ballroom without crying?
• whatever happened to singing dancing musical numbers in disney movies like this? 
• why does every man in this movie have ridiculous looking hair?
• why didn't belle think through her actions before she showed a crowd with torches and pitchforks the enchanted mirror with a picture of the beast on it? that doesn't sound like love to me. it sounds like she's an imbecile.
• this movie is a bit more risque than i remember. a few moments of sexual inuendo, lots of violence, a couple borderline homosexual references. you even see a wolf die.
• where did belle learn her manners? her father seems to have only taught her to read.
• if the beast hadn't become a man before their first kiss, i wonder what plan B was...bc kissing with that 3 foot mouth full of teeth does not sound enticing.
• what are the actual words to "be our guest"? bc i just realized that the words i have been singing aren't actual words...
• "and as i always say, if it ain't baroque, don't fix it." i seriously laugh hysterically and out loud every single time!!
• today on jeopardy, the clue was something about be our guest and the title character belle blah blah blah...what movie. and someone legitimately guessed "cinderella." what, really??
• i still remember when my cousin and i thought it would be really fun to try to eat our mashed potatoes like the beast (aaahhhmmmm nom nom nom...). it was incredibly messy and we got in a lot of trouble, but you know, it did improve our romantic lives. no man can resist a woman hoovering her food with beast-like intensity.
• i wonder what would happen if a person really did eat 5 dozen eggs a day, like gaston. it reminds me of a guy i went to college with who would literally empty the bowl of hard-boiled eggs in the salad bar line every day onto his tray. we affectionately called him "hot scott" behind his back.

watching disney movies from my childhood as an adult can really change your perspective on a movie. in this case, i love this movie even more!! what are some disney movies from your childhood, and what do you think of them now?